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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Leading British Clergyman:‘The Foundations of Christian Civilization are Crumbling’

DONCASTER, UK (ANS) -- The "red line" has been crossed in Britain as
the foundations of Western civilization crumble, a leading clergyman has
stated. And as "a spirit of madness" grips the nations, he said,
European Christians may well be driven underground in the very near
future.In a paper on the current world scene released on behalf of
Issachar Ministries, which seeks to
understand the times in which we live, Dr. Clifford Hill, a sociologist
and theologian, pointed out that almost half of Britain's babies were
now born out of wedlock as opposed to just five per cent in the 1960s.

Dr. Clifford Hill

A prolific author of more than 30 books and also a Congregational
minister, Dr. Hill has been conducting research into family breakdown
for more than 30 years and says: "All the research shows that the
children of fragmented families are more likely to do badly at school,
have health problems, emotional or behavioural problems, are less likely
to get good jobs, and will have a poor record in forming stable
relationships which, of course, greatly increases the instability of the
next generation.

"What we are seeing happening in the nation is the crumbling of the
value system of society. This means that personal and social values are
breaking down at an alarming rate because children are not being taught
the basics of right and wrong. The world of confused morality into which
they are born gives them no clear teaching to guide their behaviour.
They are left to work out their own rules which are inevitably defined
by what they perceive to be ‘self-interest' and getting what they want.

"This is incredibly serious for the future of the nation because it
means that the next generation will be even more unstable. They will
lack a basic code of behaviour or standards to guide their personal
relationships which means that everyone will do what is right in their
own eyes.

"This kind of moral anarchy is a nightmare scenario that is not just a
fantasy in a Hollywood horror movie. It will actually become a reality
in Britain if family life continues to disintegrate at the current
rate."

Now
the European Parliament has proposed the surveillance of any EU citizen
suspected of being "intolerant", to which Dr Hill responds: "This really
is the death of free speech and is yet another blow directed at
Bible-believing Christians who would dare to speak out against anything
that might offend anybody else."

One of the statements in Section 4 of the EU document says "There is no need to be tolerant to the intolerant".

Dr. Hill said, "It is a spirit of madness that is gripping the
nations and driving us towards destruction. It looks as though
Christianity may very well be driven underground in the very near
future. It is therefore essential that Christian parents and
grandparents teach their children the faith so that they will be able to
stand firm through the coming onslaught."

He said that Christians would have to learn to live in Babylon (a
figure of speech for hedonism and godlessness) for a season until the
tide inevitably turns amid the chaos.

And
if I might make a personal observation, the "spirit of madness" to which
Dr. Hill refers seems also to have gripped our educationalists who are
now proposing that children start full-time school at the age of two!

Clearly they have forgotten what education is all about - teaching
children what is right and wrong so that they can best contribute to the
building up of a healthy and integrated society where the needs of
others should come before their own. This is the basis of the Christian
civilization now crumbling around our ears under the weight of
sycophantic political correctness, cocking a snook [a derisive gesture]
at the faith that motivated philanthropists in Britain to start
education for all in the first place.

Shame on our leaders in Britain! And shame on us for putting up with it with little more than a squeak of protest!

Note: Issachar Ministries derives its name from the tribe of Issachar
who "understood the times and knew what Israel should do" (1 Chronicles
12.32). This ministry seeks to bring Biblical teaching on current
issues in the life of the nation (and internationally) by understanding
the times, listening to the Lord and knowing what should be done.

This website is dedicated to a renewal of Christian culture. It is inspired by Sir Winston Churchill, a valiant defender of Christian civilization, who believed "we have a great treasure to guard; that the inheritance in our possession represents the prolonged achievement of the centuries." With Churchill, we believe that a "fraternal association" of the English-speaking peoples must "for their own safety and for the good of all walk together in majesty, in justice and in peace.”